1 Kings 22:35

35 While the battle raged all that day, the king stood propped up in the chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died after his blood had poured from his wound into the chariot.

1 Kings 22:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:35

And the battle increased that day
It went on, and did not stop upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides fought furiously:

and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians:
the Targum is,

``he strengthened himself, and stood;''

he exerted himself to the uttermost, and stood as long as he could, or could be supported, fighting against the Syrians, to animate his army, and that the Syrians might not have any notion of his being wounded:

and died at even:
in his chariot:

and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot;
or "bosom" ^F20 of it, the hollow part of it.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F20 (qyx la) "ad sinum", Montanus; "in sinum", Vatablus.

1 Kings 22:35 In-Context

33 When the chariot officers realized that he wasn't Israel's king, they stopped chasing him.

34 But someone randomly shot an arrow that struck Israel's king between the joints in his armor. "Turn around and get me out of the battle," the king told his chariot driver. "I've been hit!"

35 While the battle raged all that day, the king stood propped up in the chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died after his blood had poured from his wound into the chariot.

36 When the sun set, a shout spread throughout the camp: "Retreat to your towns! Retreat to your land!"

37 Once the king had died, people came from Samaria and buried the king there.